2 posts tagged “vancouver”
Here in Vancouver, there's a chain of eateries called New York Fries. "Authentically New York," goes their motto, on a poster featuring yellow cabs emblazoned with the NYF logo navigating the streets of The City, and I believe it, because certainly when I think of New York, I think of ... poutine.
[...apologies for the horrible cameraphone photo.]
While these people have obviously never set foot in the two-one-two, poutine does seem to be ascendant in the States these days. We're not likely to see Carrie Bradshaw handling messy gobs of gooey goodness on the silver screen anytime soon, but there are no less than three hip eateries in Seattle serving it at the moment, a number that will no doubt rise in the coming months. Combining comfort food with upscale dining's a road fraught with peril, but it can be done (cf. the late and lamented Fork's lobster corn dogs) but, still, given a choice between Feenie's or this food court fare, I'd probably choose this. Besides, you're allowed to get your hands messy at the mall!
saturday excursion to vancouver, joining friends who were already engaged in a decadent weekend of consumption: first, lunch at feenie's in kitsilano, which is the comfort food-inspired sister restaurant to lumière, located next door. my very first experience with poutine, which i learned about at pommes frites in manhattan but never had a chance to try. these are hand cut potato fries with cheese curds and brown gravy, totally over-the-top and delicious. paired with a truly excellent hamburger and a peach-raspberry smoothie, lunch really hit the spot. topped this off with cupcakes from a bakery down the street.
and then, after several hours of recovery, dinner! which was the tasting menu at west (formerly ouest); eight divine courses, including: tomato gazpacho with prawn salad; scallop ceviche with mango & avocado purée; parfait of foie gras with apple jelly on fruit bread (oh god, this was so good!); and ever more and more. four hours at dinner made for a very late drive back to seattle -- but so worth it.
for posterity, the menu:
i mean, food! food is always worth the drive.
